Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Christmas Story 2025 #5

 Step #4 ~ Vocabulary Check


Ok now…

A quick vocabulary check from this section……

1.     #1, #2, & #3, please….

#1 ~ “Keri- ha okaasan ni nani wo kikimashita ka?” ~

    What DID Kelly ask her mother?

#2 ~ “Doushita no?” ~ #1 ~ What’s wrong

                                        #2 ~ What’s the matter?

#3 ~ “Daddy no mondai wa nan desu ka?” ~

  *What’s wrong with daddy?

  *What’s the matter with daddy?

  *What’s the problem with daddy?

  *What’s daddy’s problem?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Ok now…

The next 3, please…

2.     #4, #5, & #6, please….

#4 ~"Nande Al wa asa ni ochikondeita no?" ~

*Why was Al blue in the morning?

*Why was Al down in the morning?

*Why was Al depressed in the morning?

*Why was Al depressed in the morning?

*Why did Al feel down in the dumps in the morning

#5 ~ "Kare wa nani de isogashikatta no?" ~

*What was he busy doing?

*What was he busy with?

#6 ~ "Kare wa tada seikyuu-sho wo haratteita."

*He was just paying bills

*He was just paying the bills

*He was just paying the bill

 

Alright now….

How about these next ones…

3.     #7, #8, & #9, please….

#7~ “Aru wa konkai naze naiteita no deshou ka?

  *Why was Al crying this time?

#8 ~ “Pegī wa sengetsu dorekurai okane o tsukatta no deshou ka?” ~

  *How much money DID Peggy spend last month?

*How much DID Peggy spend last month?

#9 ~ “Pegī wa sengetsu takusan no okane o tsukatta” ~

 *Peggy spent so much money last month

*Peggy spent a lot of money last month

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

The next ones…

4.     #10, #11, #12, & #13, please….

#10 ~ shinjiru~ believe

#11~ sore wo shinjite~ believe it

#12 ~ shinji you to, shinjimae to /

      shinjirarenai kamoshirenai kedo~ believe it or not (idiom)

#13 ~ Shinjirarenai kamoshiremasenga…

      watashitachiwa hasan shimashita” ~

*Believe it or not….we are broke

*Believe it or not….we are bankrupt

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Step #5 ~ Vocabulary Pages #2

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Sounds good now…

How about these ones…

5.     #14, #15, #16, & #17, please….

#14 ~ yukan na” ~ brave

#15 ~ Kare wa karera ni okane o tsukawanaide to iita noni” ~

*Even though he told them not to spend money

*Even though he told them not to use money

#16 ~ Karera wa dou datta soshite nani wo shimashita ka?” ~

*How WERE they and what DID they do?

#17 ~ Karera wa totemo yūkan datta dochimichi okane o tsukatta” ~

*They were very brave and spent money

*They were very brave and spent money anyway

*They were so brave and spent money

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

Sounds good now…

How about these 2

6.     #18, & #19, please….

#18 ~ Karera wa hontō ni nani o kangaeru hitsuyō ga atta no?”~

*What DID they really need to think of?

#19 ~ Okane o setsuyaku suru hōhō o kangaeru hitsuyō ga atta~

*They needed to think of ways to save money

*They needed to think of a way to save money

*They needed to think about how to save money

*They needed to think about how to spend less money

 

Sounds good now…

How about the last 2….

7.     #20, & #21, please….

#20 ~ Aru wa Pegu ni nani o kiita no?” ~

*What DID Al ask Peg?

*What DID Al ask to Peg?

#21 ~ Nakute mo yatte ikeru mono wa nan desu ka?~

*What can you live without?

*What can you do without?

(If needed: Please make a note)

 

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